Selection of Candidates for EC/IC Bypass and Evaluation of the Benefit of This Surgery Through a SPECT Study

Abstract

An ischemic stroke has two causes in its pathogenesis; hemodynamic and microembolic. For the hemodynamic ischemic stroke, in which a misery perfusion plays a major clinical role, a revascularization such as an EC/IC bypass has the benefit of augmenting the cerebral blood flow (CBF).